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Date: 13 February 1973
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
Ithaca College students H Zvansky, B Levine, E Gray create 60-second TV spot for American Red Cross; theme fund-raising spot is 'Whenever and wherever disaster strikes, the Red Cross strikes back'
Date: 14 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Defense in Pentagon papers trial on Feb 13, through cross-examination of R H Best, chief of security for Rand Corp, attempts to show that defendant D Ellsberg was not only authorized to use Pentagon papers but that he also had special relationship to them that went well beyond Govt authorization; argues that copy of Pentagon papers that Ellsberg in turn copied and helped to make public did not belong to US but instead was private property of 3 former Defense Dept officials, P C Warnke, then Asst Sec of Defense for Internatl Security Affairs, L Gelb and M H Halperin, Warnke's assocs; Best, under cross-examination, admits that Rand's procedures in handling papers were different from standard procedures in handling of other 'top secret' documents; 4 documents are offered in evidence to support theory; 1 is memo from Rand pres H S Rowen that set forth terms of control and distribution of particular copy of Pentagon papers; 15 copies were made at time of their completion; memo says that access to and distribution of that copy of papers must be approved by 2 of 3 signers of memo; 2d document consists of Rand notes on where Pentagon papers were stored at Rand; 1 of those notes states that 'file No, 85' contains material to which Ellsberg, then Rand employe, may have access; 3d document, lr from Gelb to Rowen, gives permission to move papers from Rand's Washington office to Santa Monica 'for use by' Ellsberg; 4th document is control sheet listing 8 persons at Rand who had been given approval to use papers, including Ellsberg
Date: 14 February 1973
By Sam J. Ervin Jr
Sam Ervin
Sen S J Ervin, chmn of Subcom on Constitutional Rights, in speech to N Carolina Press Assn, says that there is substance to assertions made by press that Nixon Adm has shackled them with threats and restrictions that do not permit them to fulfill role that Const gives them; holds that actions of Adm appear to go beyond simple reactions to incidents of irresponsible or biased reptg, to efforts at wholesale intimidation of press and broadcast media; holds that threat of subpoena is another means of govt intimidation of press; calls for passage of statutory privlege for newsmen; holds that if sources of press's information are limited to official spokesmen within govt bodies, people have no means of evaluating worth of their promises and assurances; drawing
Date: 14 February 1973
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
4th annual A I DuPont-Columbia Univ Survey of Broadcast Journalism, dealing with '71-'72 season, finds that Govt assaults on TV news and public affairs programming, combined with nervousness on part of network officials reacting to attacks, places broadcast journalism in state of crisis more profound than it has faced in its 50-yr history; holds that much of blame for decline in news programming performance may be laid to mgt, but must also be shared by sponsors and public; notes that only NBC currently schedules regular news and public affairs hr in prime TV time; rejects allegations that news programs are biased, as was charged by White House Telecommunications Office dir C T Whitehead; survey rept was distilled from 1 yr of research into news and public affairs broadcasting by Columbia Graduate School of Journalism special projects div, directed by L Cowan and bd of 7 jurors headed by Dean E Abel; rept was edited by M Barrett
Date: 14 February 1973
new Sen hearings scheduled on bills to shield newsmen from forced disclosure of confidential sources; 3 dozen witnesses expected to testify
Date: 14 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
David SHIPLER
officials on Natl Council of Churches' Broadcasting and Film Comm on Feb 13 charge Nixon Adm with having made unprecedented attack on press freedom as guaranteed by 1st Amendment; rept they have begun nationwide campaign, through church groups, to alert public to what they term 'ominous threat to fundamental liberties' posed by some of Nixon's policies; comm exec dir Rev Dr W F Fore details instances of Adm action that threaten press freedom; comm chmn N Price comments
Date: 14 February 1973
newspaper The Pottstown (Pa) Mercury devotes entire front page to discussion of press censorship and recent Sup Ct ruling that limits reporter's right to protect sources, prints pictures of newsmen who have been jailed or cited for contempt under bold-faced type of 1st Amendment to Const
Date: 13 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Prosecution in Pentagon papers case on Feb 12 attempts to show that defendants, Ellsberg and Russo, had access to classified documents and had signed various pledges to respect security of documents they had access to; attempts to prove that defendants not only violated security of papers but also knew exactly what they were doing; Rand Corp's top security officer R H Best testifies on responsibilities and agreements defendants made while they worked at Rand
Date: 13 February 1973
Columnist J Anderson, L H Whitten, one of Anderson's associates, and Indian lawyer H Adams on Feb 12 are asked to testify before Fed grand jury investigation on theft of documents from Bur of Indian Affairs; Whitten refuses on advice from his atty to say whether he will appear before panel; 3 were not subpoenaed but asked by lr to testify; Whitten and Adams were arrested on Jan 31 by FBI and charged with unlawful possession of Govt documents
Date: 13 February 1973
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
NBC, accused by AMA of having shown 'over-all bias' in TV news special called What Price Health?, on Feb 12 turns down AMA demand for free, equal air time for rebuttal; NBC News pres R C Wald, in lr to AMA exec vp Dr E B Howard, says he believes charge and request are completely without basis; Howard, in lr to NBC pres J Goodman, had charged that news special, presented on Dec 19, 'only rarely' attempted 'constructive criticism or objective journalism'; calls show 'pitch for Kennedy-Griffiths health ins proposal'; AMA spokesman says there will be no comment on NBC's refusal of rebuttal time until Wald's lr has been studied; FCC has recd dozens of complaints about program from individual physicians and Repr Devine has formally requested that comm investigate complaints to determine whether program was factually accurate; Howard details more than 15 instances in which he says NBC gave misleading or inaccurate information about health problems and health care during course of program, including statistics on drs' incomes, comparisons of health care in US and in other countries, med ins practices and statement that each yr 2-million unnecessary operations are performed; Wald says that each of documentary's statements questioned by AMA had been documented with material based on Govt studies and repts, data from AMA and 'other equally reliable sources'